Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Quick Update
Over two things: One, progress of the comic, and two, life in general. But I think I've talked enough about cl101 for a bit, so that little update's at the end.
So... life. Yeah, it's going pretty good. Been drawing a lot and getting geared up for school on the 8th. Gotta say, I'm not really looking forward to going back to school, but at the same time I can hardly wait. Maybe it's the high-speed wireless net that's getting me...
Suna's been playing Houdini more often lately. I'm trying to get that kitten to stay inside and get to where he doesn't have to always go out, but it's tough. I carried him outside with me Sunday morning, and the people working on the house behind me turned on a power saw or something, and he got so scared he clawed my left shoulder to shreds trying to get down. It's all right now, looks worse than it feels, to be honest. It only hurts when I pull it back or lie on it wrong at night. So... yeah. It's all good.
Okay, I think that pretty well covers life right now. Other than the fact that my brother punched me in the gut tonight and I lost my breath for a few minutes. I got him back about thirty seconds after that by sucker-punching him in the arm pretty hard, but not as hard as I can. If I had done that, he'd have been lying in the floor of K-Mart bawling. And I don't need that shit tonight. I'm steady teaching that twerp that just because I'm a chick doesn't mean I'm a) stupid, b) a pushover, or c) not going to hit back if he hits me. Woe be it to him if he thinks that. ^_^ Plus I'm tired of him constantly dissing me because I'm a girl. Pretty much everything he does in relation to me is like charity work in his mind, and in return I'm expected to clean up all his messes, wash all his clothes, cook all his food (when he wants ramen, for example, he whines to mom to get me to make it, when he knows how to cook ramen and soup and such for himself. Can we say 'pathetic'? 'Cause I can.) and he expects me to intimidate anyone who dares oppose him at school. I might have been able to pull the Yusuke Urameshi act when I was 14, but now I can't (and don't want to) do anything. So yes, finishing up the life segment in today's update, I am not putting up with his crap anymore. He's in for a rude awakening when I move out. Which hopefully will be right after I finish college or shortly before. It's easier to take care of oneself than it is to be the surrogate mommy to a twelve-year-old menace, and a cat that acts more like an unruly toddler. I can handle all this, hopefully, but my bro's going to have to start pulling his weight a little more around here, otherwise I may very well seriously consider going to college in Chicago and living with my boyfriend... if he'd let me, because I don't think I could go to school and hold down a job at the same time. I have enough trouble just going to school. Plus I have my license test in a month so I can drive... I'm so scared I'm going to fail it... remember, I did have to take the written part three times before I finally passed it, though in my defense it had been about two and a half years since I took it the first time and passed it. So I have to either drive everyday for a month and get over my fear of driving on the highway (no offense to Jersey people, but Jersey drivers would scare me less than Arkansas drivers... these people have no consideration, and I really don't care for the cops around here) or call in, explain my mom wrecked the only car that I could drive (seeing as our borrowed car was a stick and I can't drive manual, and we just got our old automatic transmission car fixed), and ask for an extension. I may have to do that anyway. So, please, wish me luck!
Now, to the cl101 segment, which is (hopefully)shorter than the life segment. I have up to page 14 drawn but not inked yet, I scripted chapters 4 and 5 recently (4 features Robert and Midori, who make a brief cameo in another chapter... which? You'll just have to read and find out! ^_^ And 5 is a sort of back-to-the-past episode exploring a rivalry between two characters... again, read to find out which two!), and I am currently thinking of a banner for the site. I have an idea that I may draw out tonight. So hopefully (I've used that word a lot in this post, huh?) there will be a banner for the site within the week. Also, thanks to those who read, and even more thanks to those who commented! I really appriciate the support! When I checked my site stats tonight, I saw that two people had favorited my comic. TWO PEOPLE! Probably from smackjeeves! So you can imagine how happy I was! Yay for comments, and favorites! And hopefully reviews too! Thanks for the support, and I hope I can continue to live up to expectations for the comic... though I admit ahead of time that chapter 4's plot is a little strained... at least it's not too long, just two pages front and back on wide-rule notebook paper... and I write big. I'll scan a page of script sometime to show it. But anyhow, thanks for the comments, reviews and favorites! I love things like that! They make me feel happy! And god knows there is precious little in this place that makes me truly, bounce-around-the-room-screaming-'YAY!' happy.
So, that is my (pathetically long) update. Ja ne, minna-san! Solaris out! :D
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